Illinois State Archives Global Database Search. Are you not sure which database may contain your ancestor? Don't have time to search all of the Illinois State Archives databases one by one? Need to narrow your search? The Global Database Search will examine all databases on the Illinois State Archives web site containing name fields for the name you enter. A list of all databases containing the name you enter will be returned. Simply click on a database from the list which is returned to search for the record in that database.

Database of 1929 Illinois Roll of Honor. This database indexes the 1929 publication, Roll of Honor, which contains the locations of the burial places of soldiers, sailors, marines, and army nurses who served in any of the wars of the United States and are buried in Illinois. The database contains more than 72,000 names.

Illinois Database of Servitude and Emancipation Records (1722-1863). This database includes more than 2000 transactions found in governmental records involving the servitude and emancipation of Africans and, occasionally, Indians in the French and English eras of colonial Illinois (1722-1790) and African-Americans in the American period of Illinois (1790-1863).

Names of Early Illinois Settlers : As listed in the "Pioneer History of Illinois, Containing the Discovery in 1673 and the History of the Country to the Year 1818 when the State Government Was Organized" by John Reynolds, originally published in 1852.

Indexes to books about Swedes in America : Swedish Element in Rockford (Illinois); Swedish Settlements in Iowa and Western Illinois; Swedish Blue Book (1927); Svenskarne i Illinois (the Swedes in Illinois) (archived Web page - may be unavailable or slow to respond).

1895-96 Directory of Coles County and the City of Mattoon (Illinois). The combined directory contains over 14,000 entries, representing about 12,000 individuals or approximately 35% of the total population of Coles County in 1895. Most of the folks in the list are either landowners, county and railroad employees or members of various clubs.

Villa Park Argus Obituary Index, DuPage County, Illinois. The Villa Park Public Library maintains an index of obituaries published in the Villa Park Argus, beginning in 1931, of people who were Villa Park residents or had some other connection to the village. This index is periodically updated by a volunteer.

Index to Iroquois County, Illinois Hospital Book 1916. The name and case number will help locate the entry for the person. Entries contain address, next of kin, medical reason for entry, and date of release : A thru L - M thru Z

Index to Emigrant Volumes by Dr. Heinz Marxkors. From 1985 to 2006, Dr. Marxkors has been busy with research on emigration and emigrants from the counties of Büren and Paderborn in Westphalia to the USA, and on immigrants to St. Libory, St. Clair County, Illinois from many different counties of Northern Germany.